Providence, Rhode Island — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of Providence, Rhode Island by nationality. Data represents only those respondents who voluntarily listed an ancestry on their response form. Sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Nationalities & Ancestry
| # | Ancestry | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 28016 | 15.73% |
| 2. | Italian | 18496 | 10.38% |
| 3. | Irish | 16369 | 9.19% |
| 4. | Puerto Rican | 14481 | 8.13% |
| 5. | Guatemalan | 12814 | 7.19% |
| 6. | English | 8548 | 4.80% |
| 7. | German | 6760 | 3.79% |
| 8. | French (Except Basque) | 6370 | 3.58% |
| 9. | Portuguese | 5547 | 3.11% |
| 10. | Cape Verdean | 4516 | 2.54% |
| 11. | Polish | 4180 | 2.35% |
| 12. | Mexican | 3655 | 2.05% |
| 13. | Cambodian | 3324 | 1.87% |
| 14. | French Canadian | 2976 | 1.67% |
| 15. | Russian | 2579 | 1.45% |
| 16. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 2258 | 1.27% |
| 17. | Scottish | 1944 | 1.09% |
| 18. | Liberian | 1837 | 1.03% |
| 19. | Salvadoran | 1725 | 0.97% |
| 20. | Scotch-Irish | 1322 | 0.74% |
| 21. | Haitian | 1176 | 0.66% |
| 22. | Bolivian | 1166 | 0.65% |
| 23. | Colombian | 1155 | 0.65% |
| 24. | Nigerian | 1058 | 0.59% |
| 25. | Swedish | 1054 | 0.59% |
| 26. | Korean | 781 | 0.44% |
| 27. | Armenian | 738 | 0.41% |
| 28. | Ecuadorian | 735 | 0.41% |
| 29. | Asian Indian | 733 | 0.41% |
| 30. | Laotian | 710 | 0.40% |
| 31. | Dutch | 662 | 0.37% |
| 32. | European | 623 | 0.35% |
| 33. | Greek | 619 | 0.35% |
| 34. | Hmong | 601 | 0.34% |
| 35. | British | 588 | 0.33% |
| 36. | Eastern European | 570 | 0.32% |
| 37. | Norwegian | 552 | 0.31% |
| 38. | Honduran | 532 | 0.30% |
| 39. | Peruvian | 517 | 0.29% |
| 40. | Jamaican | 512 | 0.29% |
| 41. | Nicaraguan | 507 | 0.28% |
| 42. | Cuban | 506 | 0.28% |
| 43. | Canadian | 484 | 0.27% |
| 44. | Austrian | 465 | 0.26% |
| 45. | Vietnamese | 460 | 0.26% |
| 46. | Venezuelan | 372 | 0.21% |
| 47. | Hungarian | 370 | 0.21% |
| 48. | Ghanaian | 355 | 0.20% |
| 49. | Welsh | 314 | 0.18% |
| 50. | Lebanese | 314 | 0.18% |
| 51. | Lithuanian | 306 | 0.17% |
| 52. | Ukrainian | 300 | 0.17% |
| 53. | Brazilian | 283 | 0.16% |
| 54. | Argentinean | 282 | 0.16% |
| 55. | Barbadian | 255 | 0.14% |
| 56. | Filipino | 242 | 0.14% |
| 57. | Danish | 237 | 0.13% |
| 58. | Taiwanese | 215 | 0.12% |
| 59. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 215 | 0.12% |
| 60. | Thai | 211 | 0.12% |
| 61. | Turkish | 210 | 0.12% |
| 62. | Chilean | 206 | 0.12% |
| 63. | Syrian | 198 | 0.11% |
| 64. | Spanish | 189 | 0.11% |
| 65. | Costa Rican | 180 | 0.10% |
| 66. | British West Indian | 163 | 0.09% |
| 67. | Swiss | 156 | 0.09% |
| 68. | Czech | 155 | 0.09% |
| 69. | Ethiopian | 155 | 0.09% |
| 70. | Romanian | 153 | 0.09% |
| 71. | Japanese | 126 | 0.07% |
| 72. | Iranian | 122 | 0.07% |
| 73. | Native Hawaiian | 121 | 0.07% |
| 74. | Cherokee | 119 | 0.07% |
| 75. | Israeli | 118 | 0.07% |
| 76. | Finnish | 116 | 0.07% |
| 77. | Slovak | 112 | 0.06% |
| 78. | Croatian | 104 | 0.06% |
| 79. | Belgian | 104 | 0.06% |
| 80. | Northern European | 102 | 0.06% |
| 81. | Bangladeshi | 93 | 0.05% |
| 82. | Kenyan | 87 | 0.05% |
| 83. | Micronesian | 85 | 0.05% |
| 84. | Malaysian | 84 | 0.05% |
| 85. | Sierra Leonean | 80 | 0.04% |
| 86. | Spaniard | 79 | 0.04% |
| 87. | South African | 76 | 0.04% |
| 88. | Scandinavian | 67 | 0.04% |
| 89. | Guyanese | 67 | 0.04% |
| 90. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 61 | 0.03% |
| 91. | Czechoslovakian | 55 | 0.03% |
| 92. | Serbian | 49 | 0.03% |
| 93. | Egyptian | 48 | 0.03% |
| 94. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 47 | 0.03% |
| 95. | Celtic | 44 | 0.02% |
| 96. | Pakistani | 41 | 0.02% |
| 97. | Indonesian | 39 | 0.02% |
| 98. | Bermudan | 37 | 0.02% |
| 99. | Iraqi | 34 | 0.02% |
| 100. | Paraguayan | 34 | 0.02% |
| 101. | Blackfeet | 32 | 0.02% |
| 102. | Latvian | 31 | 0.02% |
| 103. | Albanian | 31 | 0.02% |
| 104. | Uruguayan | 30 | 0.02% |
| 105. | Moroccan | 29 | 0.02% |
| 106. | Navajo | 26 | 0.01% |
| 107. | Bulgarian | 25 | 0.01% |
| 108. | Yugoslavian | 24 | 0.01% |
| 109. | Slovene | 23 | 0.01% |
| 110. | Jordanian | 19 | 0.01% |
| 111. | Pennsylvania German | 16 | 0.01% |
| 112. | Soviet Union | 15 | 0.01% |
| 113. | Australian | 14 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Yuman | 13 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Ugandan | 11 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Alsatian | 11 | 0.01% |
| 117. | Pueblo | 10 | 0.01% |
| 118. | Iroquois | 10 | 0.01% |
| 119. | Icelander | 9 | 0.01% |
| 120. | Cypriot | 9 | 0.01% |
| 121. | Comanche | 9 | 0.01% |
| 122. | Senegalese | 7 | 0.00% |
| 123. | Inupiat | 4 | 0.00% |